Golf In Connecticut

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Connecticut’s first phase of businesses reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic includes restaurants, retail stores, malls, offices, outdoor museums, zoos, university research labs, and some outdoor recreation activities. While the state is allowing certain businesses to open, reopening isn’t mandated. Safety measures like social distancing and face masks are still required. Many businesses are adjusting their layouts, staffing, and menu systems to accommodate for the risks involved in reopening during this time. Read more about what businesses are reopening and their changes here.

Fiesta del Norte performs for residents and staff in the courtyard at Jefferson House Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Newington. Newington Rotary partnered with Fiesta del Norte, Connecticut's first mariachi band, which performs traditional folk and popular music of Mexico.

At least 43 people have died of complications from COVID-19 at Kimberly Hall North, a nursing home in Windsor, making it one of the hardest hit long-term facilities in the country. These are some of the victims.

Communities all over Connecticut have shown their support for the heroes on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic -- our healthcare workers. From signs of hope to mask donations to luminaria lightings, people have worked to spread positive, loving messages however they can. Some businesses have used their resources to lend helping hands, as well. Restaurants have donated and delivered meals to hospitals, distilleries are making hand sanitizer, and others have made masks or face shields during the crisis. For our resource guide on COVID-19, visit courant.com/coronavirus/resources.

Spaces once bustling with crowds, cars and sounds are now empty, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Across Connecticut, schools have closed, businesses have shut down, and residents have been instructed to "stay safe, stay home." The state government has encouraged its communities to curb the spread of COVID-19 by practicing safety measures like self-quarantining and social distancing. These photographs are the result of that distance. Drone photography by Mark Mirko.

A community effort through the West End — a window "bear hunt" — in which people placed stuffed bears or animals in their front windows in order to be spotted by kids and adults in scavenger hunt fashion in the West End of Hartford.

The state, nation and world are grappling with coronavirus concerns. In Connecticut, schools districts are being closed, events are being canceled, and government officials are figuring out how to increase testing. As numbers of confirmed cases in the state rise, residents are reconfiguring their lives. For more information about how COVID-19 is affecting Connecticut, visit courant.com/coronavirus.